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Google releases a refreshed Android logo and grab bag of updates for its mobile app and services, including the At a Glance widget and Lookout app — Google is releasing a grab bag of updates to its mobile apps and services, including an At a Glance Google Assistant widget … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out a new Xbox dashboard that lets users stream Xbox gameplay to anyone on Discord one-way, a new way to report Xbox audio clips, and more — Microsoft is rolling out a new Xbox dashboard for September that includes the ability to stream your Xbox gameplay to Discord friends …
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| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
Filing: SoftBank aims to raise up to $4.87B by offering 95.5M Arm shares priced around $47-$51, which would set a ~$52B valuation and mark 2023's biggest US IPO — SoftBank Group's (9984.T) Arm is aiming to raise up to $4.87 billion in the chip designer's U.S. initial public offering, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday.
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| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Visa expands its USDC stablecoin settlements to Solana, partnering with Worldpay and Nuvei for pilots, and has already moved millions of USDC via VisaNet — - Visa expanded its USDC stablecoin settlement capabilities to Solana, forming partnerships with Worldpay and Nuvei for pilot programs.| Wall Street Journal: |
How Spotify's $1B+ bet on building a podcast empire has not paid off: most shows aren't profitable, exclusives don't work, cutting staff and originals, and more — The prospect of podcast riches led to aggressive investments in celebrity deals and original programming for what appeared a sky's-the-limit media frontier| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the UK, France, and Germany in early December 2023 and won't sign new deals for news content in those countries — The company will “deprecate” the news tab — a Facebook feature to prominently display news material — for users in the UK, Germany and France.
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Sources detail Sequoia's most tumultuous 12 months: spinning off its highly profitable Chinese arm, its FTX and Twitter bets souring, and Michael Moritz leaving — Silicon Valley's premier venture firm undergoes ‘profound change’ after China splits and bets on FTX and Twitter sour
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| Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: |
Antenna: MLS Season Pass had 110K+ US signups on July 21, the day of Messi's first MLS match, up from 6,143 on July 20; July was TV+'s best signup month in 2023 — Soccer superstar attracts over 110,000 sign-ups to MLS Season Pass on day of first game — Soccer superstar Lionel Messi helped drive a surge in U.S. subscriptions to
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An in-depth profile of OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, CTO Mira Murati, and others, who all see ChatGPT and GPT-4 as stepping stones to an AGI that is safe for humanity — The young company sent shock waves around the world when it released ChatGPT. But that was just the start. The ultimate goal: Change everything.
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Margrethe Vestager is stepping down as EU competition chief to run for a job at the EIB; sources: justice commissioner Didier Reynders will assume the role — Belgian politician set to be appointed as incumbent Margrethe Vestager targets top job at European Investment Bank
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Analysis: lawyers, accountants, consultants, and more have charged $700M+ in fees since 2022 in the bankruptcies of FTX, Celsius, Voyager, BlockFi, and Genesis — Bankruptcy lawyers and other corporate turnaround specialists have reaped major fees from the bankruptcies of five cryptocurrency companies, including FTX.| Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: |
Intel and Tower Semiconductor say the Israeli contract chipmaker plans to invest $300M in Intel's New Mexico factory, after their $5.4B deal collapsed in August — Intel (INTC.O) will offer foundry services to Tower Semiconductor (TSEM.TA) in a new deal that will see the Israeli contract …
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| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
Reddit hastily replacing some of its long-time mods raises questions about the company prioritizing reopening protesting subreddits over finding the best people — Concerns of Redditor safety, jeopardized research amid new mods and API rules. — Did you know that improper food canning can lead to death?
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TikTok opens its first European data center, in Ireland, after announcing the project in August 2020, and plans to finish the migration of user data by Q4 2024 — It has been a long time coming, but TikTok says that its first European data center is finally operational — partially …
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